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Jadavpur Assembly constituency

Jadavpur Assembly constituency is a Legislative Assembly constituency of South 24 Parganas district in the Indian state of West Bengal.

Jadavpur
Constituency No. 150 for the West Bengal Legislative Assembly
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Constituency details
CountryIndia
RegionEast India
StateWest Bengal
DistrictSouth 24 Parganas
Lok Sabha constituencyJadavpur
Established1967
Total electors299,710
ReservationNone
Member of Legislative Assembly
18th West Bengal Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
PartyBJP
Alliance NDA
Elected year2026

The constituency is considered to be a bastion of Communist Party of India (Marxist), but the party lost it in 2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election. As the electoral constituency of former Chief minister Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee, it is one of the most prestigious seat in the state.

Most Successful parties from Jadavpur Vidhansabha
  1. Communist Party of India (Marxist) (13 times) 86.67 (81.6%)
  2. Trinamool Congress (2 times) 13.33 (12.5%)
  3. Bharatiya Janata Party (1 time) 6.25 (5.88%)

Overview

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As per order of the Delimitation Commission in respect of the Delimitation of constituencies in the West Bengal, Jadavpur Assembly constituency is composed of the following:

Borough Ward No. Councillor 2021 Winner
X 96 Vasundhara Goswami Trinamool Congress
99 Mitali Banerjee
XII 101 Bappaditya Dasgupta
102 Sima Ghosh
XI 103 Nandita Roy Communist Party of India (Marxist)
104 Tarakeswar Chakraborty Trinamool Congress
XII 105 Sushila Mondal
106 Arijit Das Thakur
109 Ananya Banerjee
XI 110 Swaraj Kumar Mondal

Jadavpur Assembly constituency is part of No. 22 Jadavpur Lok Sabha constituency.[1] Earlier, before 2011, Jadavpur assembly constituency was consist of Ward Nos. 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106 107, 108, 109, 110, 111 112, 113, 114 of Kolkata Municipal Corporation.

Members of the Legislative Assembly

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Election results

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2026

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In the 2026 elections, Sarbori Mukherjee of Bharatiya Janata Party defeated her nearest rival Debabrata Majumdar of the Trinamool Congress.


2026 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Jadavpur[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
BJP Sarbori Mukherjee 106,199 45.96 Increase21.29
AITC Debabrata Majumdar 78,483 33.96 Decrease11.58
CPI(M) Bikash Ranjan Bhattacharya 41,148 17.81 Decrease9.69
NOTA None of the above 1,976 0.86 Decrease0.41
Majority 27,716 12.0 Decrease6.04
Turnout 231,075 88.56 Increase16.71
BJP gain from AITC Swing 32.87

2021

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In the 2021 elections, Debabrata Majumder of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Dr. Sujan Chakraborty of the Communist Party of India (Marxist).


2021 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Debabrata Majumdar 98,100 45.54
CPI(M) Dr. Sujan Chakraborty 59,231 27.50
BJP Rinku Naskar 53,139 24.67
NOTA None of the above 2,730 1.27
Majority 38,869 18.04
Turnout 215,419 71.85
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing 13.20

2016

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In the 2016 elections, Dr. Sujan Chakraborty of the CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Manish Gupta of the Trinamool Congress.

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2016 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Jadavpur[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Dr. Sujan Chakraborty 98,977 49.50 +4.74
AITC Manish Gupta 84,035 41.15 −12.16
BJP Dr. Mohit Kumar Ray 13,922 6.82 +5.41
None of the Above None of the above 4,093 2.00 +2.00
BSP Subhas Chandra Naskar 803 0.39
Majority 14,942 8.35
Turnout 2,04,210 74.58
CPI(M) gain from AITC Swing 15.87


2011

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In the 2011 elections, Manish Gupta of Trinamool Congress defeated his nearest rival Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee of CPI(M).

2011 West Bengal Legislative Assembly election: Jadavpur[5]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
AITC Manish Gupta 1,03,972 53.31 +16.08#
CPI(M) Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee 87,288 44.76 −16.49
BJP Dhononjoy Mukherjee 2,749 1.39
BSP Rabindra Nath Choudhury 693 0.35
IND Siddartha Bhattacharya 678 0.34
Majority 16,684 8.45
Turnout 1,99,096 78.41
AITC gain from CPI(M) Swing 33.57#

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2006.


2006

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In the 2006, 2001, 1996, 1991 and 1987 state assembly elections Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee of CPI(M) won the Jadavpur assembly seat, defeating Dipak Kumar Ghosh of Trinamool Congress in 2006,[6]Madhabi Mukherjee of Trinamool Congress in 2001,[7] Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar of Congress in 1996,[8] Jyoti Prasanna Das Thakur of Congress in 1991,[9] and Probhat Chatterjee of Congress in 1987.[10]Sankar Gupta of CPI(M) defeated Sachin Mukherjee of Congress in 1982.[11] Dinesh Chandra Majumder of CPI(M) defeated Santimoy Chatterjee of Janata Party in 1977.[12][13]


2001

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In the 2001 elections, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Madhabi Mukherjee of AITC

West Bengal assembly elections, 2001: Jadavpur constituency[5][7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee 110,011 54.60 +16.08#
AITC Madhabi Mukherjee 80,730 40.06 −16.49
BJP Radhesyham Brahmachari 5,166 2.56
PDS Samir Putatundu 1,798 0.89
NCP Asim Datta 1,438 0.71
Independent Maya Saha 1,083 0.54
Independent Bhusan Mondal 753 0.37
Independent Babua Dutta 520 0.26
Turnout 207,85 69.90
CPI(M) hold Swing

.# Swing calculated on Congress+Trinamool Congress vote percentages taken together in 2001.


1996

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In the 1996 elections, Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee of CPI(M) defeated his nearest rival Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar of INC

West Bengal assembly elections, 1996: Jadavpur constituency[5][1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
CPI(M) Buddhadeb Bhattacharjee 108,549 55.58 +16.08#
INC Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar 72,364 37.05 −16.49
BJP Rajat Roy 11,531 5.90
BSP Sandhya Mandal 1,130 0.58
CPI(ML)L Dhiresh Goswami 740 0.38
Independent Bhusan Mondal 440 0.54
Independent Deboshmita Dey 344 0.37
Independent Haradhan Sarkar 221 0.26
Turnout 207,85 80.77
CPI(M) hold Swing


1972

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Dinesh Chandra Majumder of CPI(M) won in 1972[14] and 1971.[15] Bikash Chandra Guha of CPI(M) won in 1969[16] and 1967.[17] The Jadavpur seat did not exist prior to that.


References

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Notes

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Citations

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  1. 1 2 3 "Delimitation Commission Order No. 18 dated 15 February 2006" (PDF). West Bengal. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
  2. ↑ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2026 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
  3. ↑ "West Bengal General Legislative Election 2021 Statistical Report". Election Commission of India.
  4. 1 2 "Constituencywise-All Candidates". eciresults.nic.in. Archived from the original on 22 May 2016.
  5. 1 2 3 "General Elections, India, 2011, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  6. ↑ "General Elections, India, 2006, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  7. 1 2 "General Elections, India, 2001, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  8. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1996, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  9. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1991, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  10. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1987, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  11. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1982, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  12. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1977, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  13. ↑ "108 - Jadavpur Assembly Constituency". Partywise Comparison Since 1977. Election Commission of India. Retrieved 25 October 2010.
  14. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1972, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  15. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1971, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  16. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1969, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
  17. ↑ "General Elections, India, 1967, to the Legislative Assembly of West Bengal" (PDF). Constituency-wise Data. Election Commission. Retrieved 1 November 2014.
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